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Why Weight-loss Apps Are a Waste of Money

The video attached to the study, and available here , is not for the squeamish. But it shows in exquisite detail that the most-skilled surgeons handled tissue gently, thereby reducing injury to delicate internal structures. They kept their objective in plain sight — a difficult thing to do when the organs you’re working on are slippery and surrounded by a greater deal of fat. They cut and stitched smoothly and precisely, and they moved from phase to phase of the operation without delays. In short, they followed the age-old adage taught to surgical residents since the dawn of modern surgery, at the end of the 19th century: “cut well, sew well, do well.” The study recruited 20 surgeons — from 63 of the surgeons performing laparoscopic gastric bypass in the state of Michigan — to submit video of a single such operation. Edited versions of those videos were judged by a panel of 33 surgeons who rated the physician’s skill, using a checklist widely employed to rate surgical trainees. The study found the best surgeons were not necessarily those who had the longest careers in the practice of bariatric surgery . For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-weight-loss-bariatric-surgery-20131011,0,2063803.story

I need to have a list in front of me, or a trainer pushing me-something to keep me on track. And because I don’t have a lot of spare time in my day to plan workouts-I can barely make it to the gym to actually do the workout-my saving workout grace lately has been workout apps. Related: 10 hot yoga secrets they don’t tell you Apps are my new personal trainer, and they make it easy to go to the gym with a plan so you don’t wander around aimlessly. Besides being helpful with my workout amnesia, one of the best things about a good fitness app? For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/why-weight-loss-apps-waste-money-161100006.html